StarTech.com CONYX ECS0016 User Manual

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  then 

Close and Close again 

Assuming you have already set up the target ECS0016 as a gateway  

3. 
  in your MetaConnect client (with username/ password etc), select this  
  gateway and click the 

Host icon to create a host (alternatively, select  

 

File > New Host). 
Enter 

4. 

127.0.0.1 as the Host Address and select Serial Port 2 for  

  Service. In 

Descriptive Name, enter as appropriate (e.g. Loop 

  back ports, Local serial ports, etc.).  Click 

OK to continue. 

 •  Click the Serial Port 2 icon for Telnet access to the serial console on  
    the device attached to serial port #2 on the gateway 
 
To enable MetaConnect to access devices connected to the gateway’s 
serial ports, you must also configure the ECS0016 gateway itself to 
allow port-forwarded network access to itself, and enable access to the 
selected serial port: 

Browse to the ECS0016 gateway and select 

1. 

Serial Port from Serial &  

Click 

2. 

Edit next to the selected Port number (e.g. Port 2 if the target  

  device is attached to the second serial port).  Ensure the port’s serial  
  configuration is appropriate for the attached device.

Scroll down to 

3. 

Console Server Setting and select Console Server  

  Mode. Check Telnet (or SSH) and scroll to the bottom and click Apply.

Select 

4. 

Network Hosts from Serial & Network and click Add Host.

In the 

5. 

IP Address/DNS Name field enter 127.0.0.1 and enter Loop 

  back in Description.

Remove all entries under 

6. 

Permitted Services, select TCP and  

  enter 

200+n in Port. (This configures the Telnet port enabled in the  

  previous steps, so for 

Port 2 you would enter 2002)

Click 

7. 

Add, then scroll to the bottom and click Apply.

 
By default, administrators have gateway and serial port access privileges; 
however for Users to access the gateway and the serial port, you will 
need to give those Users the required access privileges. To do so: